Re-introduces the per-tool approval system from luzidd's commit 39124f3 (which
is no longer reachable from main) and improves it before re-landing.
What's restored:
- ApprovalPolicy (allow/deny/prompt) plus DEFAULT_APPROVAL_POLICIES.
- ACTION_EXCEPTIONS registry (LSP read-only, bash critical patterns).
- getApprovalPolicy() six-level resolution order.
- ExtensionToolWrapper.execute() gate before extension handlers.
- --auto-approve / --yolo CLI flag and tools.approval.<tool> user config.
- docs/approval-mode.md user guide.
What's improved over the original:
- Replaced unchecked 'as any' casts with typed unknown narrowing helpers.
- Validate userConfig values: invalid strings, numbers, etc. fall through to
the built-in default instead of being silently honoured (typo no longer
locks a tool out or grants implicit approval).
- Expanded CRITICAL_BASH_PATTERNS: chmod -R /, chown -R /, bash <(curl ...),
writes to /etc/passwd|shadow|sudoers, shutdown/reboot/halt/init 0,
kill -9 1, nc -e / nc -c reverse shells. Pattern shapes require a
command-position boundary so 'npm run reboot-tests' and 'echo "shutdown the
queue"' don't false-positive.
- Added DEBUG_READONLY_ACTIONS exception so DAP inspection actions (threads,
stack_trace, variables, scopes, read_memory, …) auto-allow while
execution-side actions (launch, attach, continue, evaluate, write_memory,
set_breakpoint, …) still prompt.
- formatApprovalPrompt: labels mcp__<server>__<tool> calls as MCP server
tools, surfaces ssh host + command, recognises the modern § hashline header
for edit, and truncates >240-char fields so a heredoc-sized body cannot
blow out the confirmation dialog.
- Test suite grown from 40 to 57 cases — new coverage for invalid user
config, the extended critical-bash patterns, benign-keyword negatives,
debug exceptions, MCP/ssh prompt formatting, and command truncation.
Verification:
- bun test packages/coding-agent/test/tools/approval.test.ts -> 57 pass
- bun x biome check . -> clean
- bun run check:ts across all 9 workspaces -> clean
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